All of us, every single man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth were born with the same unalienable rights; to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And, if the governments of the world can't get that through their thick skulls, then, regime change will be necessary.
Well, there's a lot more to Howard Bloom than I thought, and it is always encouraging to find another unexpectedly awake person. I respect the way he has chosen to deal with this, though I'm not temperamentally able to do it myself. But it is important for someone to encourage the "moderates" (though I think the ones who live in the West are chicken apostates who don't want to know the truth about the Quran and their "prophet" because it will spoil there happy little sacred buzz) -- after all, somebody besides us had to run Germany after the Nazis were defeated. Such people are not by themselves a threat...
But they enable the others.
I think Bloom understands that in all likelihood Islam will have to go the way of Bushido Shinto and Nazism. The violence in the system will have to be eradicated AFTER its total defeat. It is the nightmare of 1930s Germany all over again, the same pattern of denial, evasion and violence, and everyone who knows this has to do whatever they can to try to run it off the tracks.
I personally don't want it to come to that, but as a truculent realist, I think that most likely it will, in the long run, or at least a containment situation for the rest of our lives, while we fight a seemingly never ending cold and sometimes hot war.
And I think you may be right about the containment situation if only because of the demography. This may be our future: www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm
And yes, Simmons was deluged with screams of "Islamophobia!" Check out the May-June message for his reply to that. (Btw, the "three words" were "No More War", but that was before the 2008 elections or they would have been either "Hope and Change" or "Yes We Can".)
I thought Bloom's discussion was extraordinary in the insights he brought to Mo-hummer's caravan raider, warlord, and genocidal maniac career. I admire the fact that he can converse civilly with the "moderates" and even the "devout" while at the same time holding such a clear understanding of what is at stake and determination to fight.
That's the sort of thing we "heathens" aren't supposed to be willing to do because we have no "moral" base. Har.
The term truculent realism means a willingness to accept the way things really are and deal with reality as such, regardless of how much he may dislike it. Basically it means someone who doesn't give into wishful thinking.
I wouldn't be surprised if you got into fights with him. He's the guy who wrote Ayn Contra Human Nature. He even runs a blog by the same name, which I read sometimes, although I think you would understand what he was saying in that essay, and probably agree with much of it, knowing you personally.
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Pastorius,
You're Welcome. I though you'd like the video.
Well, there's a lot more to Howard Bloom than I thought, and it is always encouraging to find another unexpectedly awake person. I respect the way he has chosen to deal with this, though I'm not temperamentally able to do it myself. But it is important for someone to encourage the "moderates" (though I think the ones who live in the West are chicken apostates who don't want to know the truth about the Quran and their "prophet" because it will spoil there happy little sacred buzz) -- after all, somebody besides us had to run Germany after the Nazis were defeated. Such people are not by themselves a threat...
But they enable the others.
I think Bloom understands that in all likelihood Islam will have to go the way of Bushido Shinto and Nazism. The violence in the system will have to be eradicated AFTER its total defeat. It is the nightmare of 1930s Germany all over again, the same pattern of denial, evasion and violence, and everyone who knows this has to do whatever they can to try to run it off the tracks.
Revere Rides Again,
I personally don't want it to come to that, but as a truculent realist, I think that most likely it will, in the long run, or at least a containment situation for the rest of our lives, while we fight a seemingly never ending cold and sometimes hot war.
Revere Rides Again,
I kind of had a feeling that you might also like this video by the way, but I wasn't as sure as I was with Pastorius.
Damien, love that term, "Truculent Realist".
And I think you may be right about the containment situation if only because of the demography. This may be our future: www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm
And yes, Simmons was deluged with screams of "Islamophobia!" Check out the May-June message for his reply to that. (Btw, the "three words" were "No More War", but that was before the 2008 elections or they would have been either "Hope and Change" or "Yes We Can".)
I thought Bloom's discussion was extraordinary in the insights he brought to Mo-hummer's caravan raider, warlord, and genocidal maniac career. I admire the fact that he can converse civilly with the "moderates" and even the "devout" while at the same time holding such a clear understanding of what is at stake and determination to fight.
That's the sort of thing we "heathens" aren't supposed to be willing to do because we have no "moral" base. Har.
Revere Rides Again,
Thanks. That was an interesting yet, pretty disturbing story. I hope that's not our future, but it could be, unfortunately.
I think the term Truculent Realist was coined by Greg Nyquists.
He wrote an essay on the subject.
Truculent Realism.
The term truculent realism means a willingness to accept the way things really are and deal with reality as such, regardless of how much he may dislike it. Basically it means someone who doesn't give into wishful thinking.
I think I remember Greg Nyquist. Since I've been Objectivist for about 45 years I've probably run into him at one time or another. Good essay.
Revere Rides Again,
I wouldn't be surprised if you got into fights with him. He's the guy who wrote Ayn Contra Human Nature. He even runs a blog by the same name, which I read sometimes, although I think you would understand what he was saying in that essay, and probably agree with much of it, knowing you personally.
Revere Rides Again,
I just sent the story you showed us to Citizen Warrior by the way.
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